Lifesteps receives highest ratingBUTLER TWP — Lifesteps’ Butler County Early Education Center has received the highest rating from the state of Pennsylvania’s Keystone STAR’s ranking system.The center serves children from six weeks through preschool age.Keystone STARS, a rating system that offers families a way to evaluate the quality of a child care program, is an initiative of the Office of Child Development and Early Learning to improve and recognize the quality improvement efforts of early learning programs.The standards are grouped into four levels, STAR 1 to 4.

Foundation seeks to match donationsJEFFERSON TWP — The South Butler School District’s foundation wants to raise $20,000 in May to receive matching contributions from four businesses.The first $20,000 in donations in May to the Knoch Knights Legacies Foundation will be matched by $5,000 in contributions from each of these companies: Amerikohl Mining, Brayman Construction, Honda North and Hunter Truck Sales.Donations to the foundation provide learning opportunities and creative teaching grants to teachers with innovative ideas.To donate, visit www.legaciesfoundation.org or call Jenny Webb, foundation liaison, 724-352-1700, Ext. 1604.